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8 AN OPEN LETTER To MOTHERS. WE ARE ASSERTING IN THE COURTS OUR RIGHT TO THE EXCLUSIVE USE OF THE WORD "CASTORIA," AND 41 PITCHER'S CASTORIA," AS OUR TRADE MARK. /, DR. SAMUEL PITCHER, of Hyannis, Massachusetts was the originator of "PITCHER'S CASTORIA," the same thet has berne and does now /^d? _>____f_3___________J — on evGr y bear the facsimile signature of Wu^/x fc&CC&bC wrapper. This is the original "PITCHER'S CASTORIA" which has been used in the homes of the mothers of America for over thirty years. LOOK CAREFULLY at the wrapper and see that it is the kind you have always bought, __-^ . __. -on the " : — — fjP - J/7/?-f—^~ and has the signature of <~*utS*7y. T-cclcJU^C wrap per. No one has authority from me to use my name ex cept The Centaur Company of which Chas. H Fletcher ia presiaent. * March 8, 1897. Q#it+~^&p»/*o~*Ht?*a THI C-NTAUR COW>»NV, TT MURRAY STRICT. NKW YORK CITY. THESE WOULD WHIP SPAIN MIXKESOTA MEN ARE WILLING TO FIGHT Thirteen Paaa tlie 1. \iimt mi timi lie lore (lie Naval Iteerul I Ins Board and Vre Accepted Nine of Them Are Reside-*-*! of St. l'uul and T.vo Hail l'roin Minneapolis-^— Incidents of the Day's Work. "Those men over there would run a ship aground, and these would blow her up." Such was tlie comment of Past As sistant Engineer Denis, of the naval recruiting board, referring to the appli cants for positions as sailors and ma chinists for the navy. ' i don't know who ever to.d some of the men who want to' be machinists and firemen that they were competent for such work. They certainly have queer ideas of ships." The board had a busy day. Twenty five men applied for posts as machin ists anel firemen, and five for berths as sailors. Thirteen passed the exami nation for machinists and firemen and two for ordinary seamen. Dr. McClurg examine) d eighteen and accepted fifteen. Lieut. Cook, the chief recruiting officer, was kept busy questioning the appli cants and reading the articles of en listment. Tlie following are the names of those who were accepted yesterday: Samuel Gervold, 614 Lindlee street, fire man, first class. Herman Frederick Koke, Mankato, ma chinist, second class. Henry lrvin Boner, 429 East Seventh street, fireman, second class. Mai tin Martensen, no address, machinist, first class. James Busby, _">2 Minnesota street, fire man, second class. Oliver Peter Belanger. 137 East Seventh street, fireman, second class. Charles Edward Johnson. 299 East Four teenth street, ordinary seaman. August Frederick Leue-htenberger, 759 Lo gan street, machinist, second class. Mark Byron McEwen, Ellsworth, Wis., fireman, first class. Ferdinand Nordly, 326 Ceda^avenue, Min neapolis, fireman, second c'a__. Harry Christian Wall. COS Thirteenth ave nue south, Minneapolis, fireman, second class. Thomas Finton Murphy. 140 West Fifth Etreet, fireman, second class. George Barth Porter, Rome, N. V., fire man, see-ond c.ass. Thomas McEwen. ordinary seaman. Henry Beekman Sabine, Fey hotel, fire man, second class. Every man who enlisted on Monday appeared promptly at 9 o'clock yester day morning and reported to Lieut, Cemk. One young man told the lieu tenant that he was undecided whether to go to sea or not. He said the pros pect of war did not appeal to his Im agination as much as at first and he might change his mind about joining the martyrs. Lieut. Cook told him he could think it over another day and if he decided not to go he could stay ln Minnesota. The youth will give his answer today. All the other men stuck to their de termination to join the navy and some were anxious to know when they would be sent to Brooklyn. The first applicant for a position as seaman called at the recruiting rooms yesterday. He is Frank Ericson, of Stillwater. He was taken in hand by Boatswain Pierce. The boatswain was nmeh pleased when Ericson took up a rope and began to twist it Into every conceivable kind of knot with the air of an expert. He made bowlines, dou ble and single: running bowlines, a bowline on a bight, carrot bends, reef knots, fishermen's bends, short splices and long splices, and answered the boatswain's questions regarding ship navigation in a manner that proved that lie knew his business thoroughly. Ericson said he was formerly in t.ho Swedish navy, but had been in Still water several years. The prospect of n fight with the Spanish had fired him with a desire to be in it, and he had decided to leave the St. Paul Businesa college, where he has been studying, and ship for a sailor again. He has not passed the medical examination yet. bur, as he is not too old to en list and is of robust build, he will un doubtedly be accepted. "It is not easy te> find seamen here," said Boatswain Pierce to a reporter for The Globe. "A seaman must have been at sea and know everything about a ship. The men who live in these parts may do very well as ordi nary seamen, but not as seamen. The difference is very great." A number of interesting incidents occurred during the examinations yesterday. Two men presented them selves for firemen, and after passing Engineer Denig they were turned over to Dr. McClurg. The surgeon likes to quiz the men, and he asked theso EXTRA SPECIAL '> PIANOS! !; i Gaehle Square $25/ |!l Kimball Square $45 < • Upright $30 Si Marshall and Wendell jt^^r.. ) Upright -I>l--!U< J i Schaeffer Upright $165 > ji_ Briggs Upright $185 j 'l Behr Bros. Upright.... $225 j jjl Fischer Upright $235? I j Terms— s3, $3, $7, $8 and $10 a nionth. S i; NEW GHIGKERING, FISCHER, FRANKLInJ i;SCKAEFFE, AND OTHER PIANOS. ]i Terms— Cash or $io Monthly, s ||H8», Till _ GO., 20, 22, 24 VV. Fifth St. j| I I The Reliable Music Dealers. New Pianos (' 1 1 for Kent. Expert Tuning, $!}. ', two why they wanted to Join the navy. They replied that they had come in from a lumber camp and had spent all their money and had none to pay their way back, and they had decided 'to en list. They were two of the most per fect men physically examined, and they were accepted. One man told Mr. Denig he wanted to run an engine. Mr. Denig asked him what experience he had had, and he replied tliat he had run a "thrash ing" machine two years, and "it hadn't busted yet." _____ Denig told the man that the only thrashing machine used at sea were battleships, and he did not think he could operate one of those without busting it. and he let him go back to the wheat fields. A splendid looking fellow called in the afternoon and said he wanted to be a sailor. Boatswain Pierce looked sharply at him and asked him: "Don't you remember me?" The applicant said he never had seen him before. "You were on the Adams in the Pa cific twenty years ago," said the boatswain. The man admitted it. "I was with you on that boat. You left the service, and I remained." The man then recalled the boat swain to memory, and there was a mu tual exchange of courtesies. Boatswain Pierce introduced the man to Lieut. Cook and said he knew he would make an excellent seaman, and the lieuten ant told him to secure his perpetual service papers and he would be accept ed. Several men applied yesterday who had been drinking, and Lieut. Cook warned them that it would be better for them to stay here rather than go to sea if they were addicted to that habit. He told them they would not be allowed to drink on board ship, and they should not risk too much on that account. They promised not to touch another drop and were accepted. They will not be sent East, however, if they appear again under the Influ ence of liquor. MAKES A GOOD"¥HOWINGt COMMISSIONER DEARTH'S STATE MENT OF 1897 BUSINESS ShoTvs the .mount of Insurance Written Within tbe Stnte to Have Greatly Increased Since 1890 No Losses Incurred liy Title Insur ance Companies Fraternal So cieties in Good Standing. Insurance Commissioner Dearth yes terday completed his preliminary tables, giving a grand summary of the insurance written in this state in 1897, premiums paid and losses paid, by the fidelity and general casualty compan ies; old line life insurance companies, fraternal societies, co-operative or as sessment life associations, and co-op erative or assessment accident associa tions and societies. The showing made in the aggregate. Commissioner Dearth says, is a most flattering one. Not only have the amounts written In risks greatly in creased over 1896, except in very few cases, but the capital stocks, and as sets of the companies have been gieatly strengthened.. It is interesting to note the increase in all branches of fidelity insurance business. The only class of Insurance written last year where no losses were incurred was title insurance. These companies made a profit of $5,846, with out paying out a dollar in losses. The low rate of loss in plate glass, burglary, surety and steam boiler insurance is also worthy of mention. The business done by the old line life companies shows a large increase. The losses paid last year were quite large, being $833,944, as against total premiums received, $2,676,272. A perusal of the figures of fraternal societies and co-operative assessment companies is interesting because of the large increase of membership during the year and consequently a propor tionate increase in premiums outstand ing on the campanies books. The statements completed yesterday are as follows: Fidelity and Casualty Companies— Risltß Pre- Losses Written, miums. Paid. Employers' liabilitysl6,2Bo,22B $152,934 $90,922 Accident 44.029,716 166.095 93.359 Fidelity 10,268,797 59,287 7,464 Surety 10,910,406 53,807 34,636 Plate glass 935,600 27.203 7,308 Steam boilers 2,337,484 20,074 467 Burglary 655.67- 5,160 1,035 •Title Insurance 13,562,000 5,846 •No losses. Old Line Insurance Companies- Amounts in force $89,716,036 Losses paid 833,944 Premiums received 2,676,272 Fraternal Societies — In Force Losses Rec'd of Dec, 1897. Paid. Members. Co-operative or assessment life associations of Minnesota ....$31,072,000 $350,514 $46,655,311 Life companies, of other states 21,221,666 214,511 37,204,591 Totals .. ..$52,293,666 $535,025 $83,259,902 Minnesota frater nal societies . . $5,924,000 $52,587 $3,541,820 Fraternal socie ties other states 54,111,600 191.811 26,179,996 Totals $60.035,600 ""5224,398 $29,721,816 Co-operative or assessment ac cident associa tions in Minne sota $4,737,96T $30,022 $7,021,384 Casualty compa nies of other states 23,643,457 39,135 4,718,618 Totals $28,381,424 $69,157 $11,740,002 Another Continuance Granted. Archie Peters, the negro who was danger ously stabbed in a free fight in the "Bad Lands," several weeks ago, is still confined to the city hospital, a fact which ln the police court yesterday, necessitated the further continuance of the charge of assault with a dangerous weapon against Jeff Hud son and Webb Graham, colored, and Harry Hegenmil__r and Minnie Smlt_p, white, who are alleged to have been concerned in the affray. Tho hospital authorities say that Peters will be well In two weeks and the hearing was set for April 13. The American Navy Portfolio. Part No. 1 of The Globe's portfolio scries now ready. Call at the office, Fourth and Minnesota streets, and ex amine them. THE ST. PAUL GLOBE WEDNESDAY MARCH 30, 1898. FOUND THE FISHING TAME INTERSTATE COMMERCE COM MISSION LEARNS LITTLE Several Witnesses I. \n m inert, but None of Them Seemed tol I'ossess the Information Desired Com puri-,, ii Willi the Mil wuiikee In dicated the Source uf the Present Investigation. The delegation of interstate com merce commissioners abruptly closed, temporarily, the work of taking testi mony in St. Paul in connection with the railway rates on flour shipment., eastward, at 5:30 o'clock yesterday af ternoon. At that hour, greatly to the surprise of every one present, an ad journment to May 26 was announced, and all witnesses supoenaed to appear at the recent session are expected to respond on that date without further notice. It is understood that the commission ers adjourned in order to fill an ap pointment in Chicago today for the hearing of Southwestern cattlemen on the subject of alleged discrimination In rates by some of the roads. The morning session of the commis sion was without special incident. While a dozen of the leading traffic officials of the several railway com panies have for two days been in at tendance on the proceedings the ex amination was almost exclusively di rected to shipping clerks and those who acted mechanically and in a subordi nate capacity. The fact was clearly shown that all record traces of the payments on account of refunds or re bates were destroyed; and nothing re mains on which to base conclusions save the memory of those identified with the transactions. 3lr. Course Absent. It was expected that Mr. I. T. Course, of the Washburn-Crosby mill, would reappear, but when his name was called, President Bell arose and of fered an excuse for him on account of illness. Mr. Swis'her, agent of the Blue Line, was recalled, and lt was expected that he would accompany his reappearance by the production of certain books and records, but this he failed to do, and he promptly retired from the stand. The next witness was Joseph A. Hannis, of Duluth, chief clerk of the Imperial Milling company. He is quite a young man, and his replies were co deliberately made as to cause the im pression that he was thinking several times before he spoke once. He pro duced certain books, which established nothing, and his memory was decided ly faulty. He admitted presenting claims to agents of the Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic and the Delaware & Lackawanna, but insisted that they were all regular ln their nature, such as for damages and the like. As to the matter of payments on ac count of rebates, he said no records were preserved, the transactions being carried on chiefly from day to day, as they came along, and entered into the accounts from memory or from brief memoranda, which were destroyed at the time as being of no value. Judge Clements, of the commission, pressed this w-itness very closely on the reasons why these memoranda were destroyed, and the latter grew nervous during the ordeal. He, how ever, stated that he had not received instructions from his superiors to de stroy the records of rebates. Reasons for Rebates. The next witness was C. F. Sheehan, of the Minneapolis Milling company. He admitted that certain rebates had been paid by the Northern Steamship company, but this was in the form of allowances on lighterage account as against labor on the wharf connected with loading under ordinary condi tions. The witness, however, had nothing ln the way of memoranda to submit, but confessed that everything in this line had been destroyed. "To whom did you present state ments for claims?" he was asked. "So far as I can remember," he re plied, "I presented them to the agent of the Michigan Central." "Were the amounts paid in cash or by checks?" "Sometimes they were received In cash and sometimes in checks." When it came to the identification of the person with whom statements were made the witness could not re member. He said, among other things, however, that ln the case of checks, these were signed by the auditor, whereupon Mr. Day directed him on behalf of the commission to submit the books containing the entry of such checks. This was the most tangible evidence received. He was asked how the amounts of the checeks were en tered, and he said they went to the general merchandise account, which included cash sales of flour and in fact the record of about all the cash trans actions of the concern. He said the merchandise account showed an aggre gate of four or five hundred thousand dollars per annum. He did not re member presenting any claims to the agents of the fast freight lines. Where the C. P. Canie In. "Have you ever presented any claims to the Canadian Paclflc?" wajs asked. "I might have presented such claims," he said, "to the agent of the Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic." "Why did you present claims against the Canadian Pacific to the South Shore agent?" "Because the South Shore took the freight." The witness did not know of any agreement with Canadian Pacific agents about the traffic over other roads. He did not remember that any claims had been presented to the Eastern Minnesota. He said that pre paid freight went out on the regular rates made by the agents of the roads. He thought there were times wheft one road would give a lower rate than another, but the bills were made out ln ail cases at the rates quoted with out regard to rebates. No concessions had been received over the Omaha or the St. Paul & Duluth, and no advan tages had been received, directly or indirectly, from such shipments. Mr. Day pressed the witness to ex plain why an invoice showed that a shipment to New York had been billed Why is it that nearly all aged persons are thin? And yet, when you think ofit, what could you expect? Three score years of wear and tear are enough to make the digestion weak. Yet the body must be fed. In Scott's Emulsion, the work is all done; that is, the oil in it is digested, all ready to be taken into the blood. The body rests, while the oil feeds and nour ishes, and the hypophos phites makes the nerves steady and strong. (OC. *_._ $1.00, all druggists. . SQOTT & BOWNE, Chemists, Ntw York. at 30 cents per hundred, this amount being charged to the consignee, where as only 26 cents had aotually been paid after the collection of the difference in the form of rebate. Here the wit ness apparently admitted that in the case of a pre-payment of freight on the basis of 30 cents, the rebate of 4 cents was collected by the shipper, while it waa charged up to the con signee, and the latter received no cred it for the difference. IMllsbury Washburn Company. E. M Fairchild, of the Plllsbury- Washburn company, was recalled. He was asked by Mr. Day whether, di rectly or indirectly, any concessions were made to that concern reducing the rates of transportation below the published rates. He replied that he did not himself know of any such in stance, und did not know of anyone who did know of any such transac tions. "Has there ever been any traffic car ried for your company on which a re fund has been made so that the rate has been reduced below that mention ed in the invoice bills?" "No, sir, not to my knowledge." "Do you know whether you house has ever made any claim against a railroad company or transportation line for a refunding of the difference between the rate at which traffic was billed and that for which it was act ually carried?" "No, sir." "Have you had any conversation with Mr. Pillsbury as to what you should testify to on this occasion?" "No sir. I have talked with him. He kn,ew I was subpoenaed; but there was nothing said as to what I should testi fy to." The witness said he had had no con versation with Mr. Course on the sub ject. He had, however, talked with Mr. Norris, but could give no state ment as to what was said between them. That was on the day the sub poena was served. Wlscolnalii Central Man. George Huey," the freight agent of the Wisconsin Central at Minneapolis, was the next witness. He said he had never received commissions from any source for securing traffic. No state ments had ever been presented to him for rebates. He had never paid any money out on this account to the best of his knowledge. Claims for over charges were being paid every day. There were dhiefly on account of ac cidental errors on the part of bill clerks. He had never quoted to millers any rate below the publlsned tariff. He had not secured shipments of flour at any rate below the regular tariff rate prior to Jan. 18, 1898, and had made no agreement with any transportation line for shrinkage on a division, so that his company would receive less than the ten cents proportionate rate. He knew of no concession prior to the date men tioned and there was not to his knowl edge any allowance for labor in connec tion with the loading of cars. He had no knowledge of the introduction of any lower rate, and no idea that his line was contributing to the cost of loading of the products of the mills. Neither did he know of any concession on account of the pressing Into a car load of an amount beyond the minimum weight. In response to a query he said he was ready to go on record as saying that neither directly nor indirectly was he aware of payments or refunding where by the cost of transportation was low ered below the published rate. C. F. Hubbard, traveling freight agent of the St. Paul & Duluth, was called and sworn, but a few questions put by Mr. Day showed that he was possessed of no knowledge of the kind sought, and he was promptly allowed to retire. M. _& St. L. Freight Agent. Then came General Freight Agent Hopkins, of the Minneapolis & St. Louis. He said in the first place that his road only received about 3 per cent of the flour traffic. He declared that he had no knowledge of the contribu tion of money or other consideration of value to any intermediate line with a view to influencing traffic; neither did he know of any payment on ac count of labor or any thing else asso ciated with the loading of freight on cars by shippers. He ■ was asked wheth er he knew of any instance in which traffic was billed out at a higher rate and a statement subsequently present ed as a basis for the refunding of a portion of the amount paid. He replied that he knew of no such instance. Then Mr. Day asked him if he had any sus picions that such methods were pur sued by his company. Mr. Hopkins promptly replied: "I am not testifying as to my suspicions. I have no information which would lead me to believe that such is the case." "You have no reason to believe that traffic has been billed at the published rate, and that rate collected and that afterward on any device a portion, say one, three or four cents per hundred pounds, has been returned to the mil ler?" "No, sir, I have not." The witness here explained that there are certain terminal transfer switching charges absorbed by his line, among others. In some instances these amount to $2 and $LSO per car, and in these cases there is an equalization charge of 50 cents made. These charges are not included in the tariff rates submitted to the interstate commerce commission. Sou's Representative. General Freight Agent W. L. Martin, of the "Soo Line," was a disappointing witness in some respects. Not that he failed to be the right man for tapping purposes, but that he had so recently shifted his responsibilities to other shoulders, and the commission had not called upon the very men who might have proved to be the true sources of information. He said no statements of the class referred to had been submitted to him. There is a class, he said, relating to the switching of cars. Amounts are refunded to millers representing the ex cess of charges made on that line over those on other lines on this account. This is regarded as an equalization. The impression of the witness was that in no case had the allowance been more than $1.50 in order to make the expense to the shipper by that line the same as that by other lines. There has been no filing of switch ing charges with the interstate com merce commission in connection with the publication of tariffs. These charges have always been regarded by the company as terminal expenses. The witness said the company tried always to carry floor at a fixed tariff rate. When a change is made and cars hap pen to get away at a former higher rate after the date when the rate went into operation, there ls always a refund of the excess charge. "Why the Milwaukee. At this point Mr. Day called the at tention of the witness to figures which showed that the "Soo' was getting a larger proportion of the flour traffic, especially as against the Milwaukee & St. Paul line* than was its share, and directly asked him whether the bulk of this traffic carried in 1897 did not carry with it a refunding agreement. The witness replied sharply: "No, sir, and your assumption ts not fair. Navigation is open for seven months of the year and that road does not do any lake and rail business." "I had supposed," said Mr. Day, "lhat the Milwaukee road might fairly be classed as a competitor as well equip ped as yours for this traffic." "As well, and no better," replied Mr. Martin. "They had as much of the general business. I do not understand that this investigation is ln the special Interests of the Milwaukee road.." "You have carried nearly double what any of the other roads has carried." "The roas%has never been engaged in this practice you refer to of making allowances on loading, beyond the minimum weight, so far as my knowl edge goes. I have never seen any claims of the kind you speak of." "If a statement of the kind I refer to was made, would it appear in your claim record?" "You ask me to talk of something I know nothing about, but I presume lt would." Several Other Witnesses. J. M. Hannaford, general traffic manager of the Northern Pacific, was called, but quickly retired when it was shown that his road had no rela tions whatever with the kind of traffic under invesetigation. Samuel C. Stlckney, general man ager of the Chicago Great Western, then took the stand. His testimony was brief, also, and to the effect that he knew nothing of payments being made to the milling interests on ac count of rebates. He said his road handled, in fact, only about 4 per cent of that business. No commissions were paid by his company for securing flour shipments, and he was not aware of the resort to any device by the prac tice of which consignment over his line might be secured at rates below the regularly published tariffs. William Orr, general freight agent of the Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic, was sworn. He very frankly said that where American lines made tariffs which, In their proportionate applica tion to the South Shore, were destruc tive in the matter of profits, the Ca nadian Pacific always directed them to put in a tariff to the commission which would meet the difficulty. Arthur E. Delf, auditor of the Du luth, South Shore & Atlantic, told of payments of different claims, the rec ords of which had, however, been de stroyed. The memoranda did not on their face disclose what they were for, though the instructions transmitted with them gave this information. The papers were destroyed, he said, by some of his clerks in obedience to his instructions, but this was before the receipt by him of the subpoena to ap pear before the commission, so he de clared. At this point the session adjourned until May 26th next at 10 o'clock a. m. It was understood that ex-Senator W. D. Washburn was on his way from Minneapolis to give his testimony, in response to the request of Mr. Day, but when 5:30 arrived and he failed to appear the adjournment was ordered. The best advertisement the Gordon Hat can have is the fact that you are pleased. IN IHE SOCIAL. WORLD NATHAN HALE CHAPTER, D. A. R., IN REGULAR SESSION Met at the Residence of Mrs. E. J. Williams, C 56 Summit Aye nne Delegate!) to the Recent Congress, ln Washington Report Amend ments to the National Constitu tion Of Interest to Society. The Nathan Hale chapter, D. A. R., held its regular monthly meeting at the home of Mrs. E. J. MoWllllams, 656 Summit avenue, yesterday afternoon and listened to reports from the re cent congress in Washington. The delegates reported among other things several important amendments to the national constitution, among them being one which provides that hereafter all national officers shall be elected biennially and for a term of two years, instead of oite as at pres ent. Mrs. McWilliams told of the Conti nental hall which it is proposed to build at Washington. The Daughters have personally contributed $5,000 to ward it during the past year, and at the recent congress they made an ap propriation of $5,000 of their surplus funds. There is now in the fund $42, --000, and as soon as this has been in creased to $50,000 work on the building will be commenced. This hall is needed for the work tho national society ts doing, and will be used for the annual meetings, the pres ervation of archives, etc. The following bills were reported as being before the congress and of in terest to the society: To prevent desecration of the American nag. Committee reported progress. Bill asking congress to appropriate $_- -000 for erecting a "proper memorial to the three heroes of South Carolina; Marlon, Sumter and Pickett. For the building of a national university. Committee reported progress. Following the meeting there was a social hour and refreshments. The Missionary Society of First Baptist Church meets Friday afternoon in the church parlors. The subject will be "Africa." Mrs. Van Duzee haa charge of the programme. There will be a teachers' meeting in the parlors Friday night. Miss Mary Schroeder, of 85 Iglehart street, left for Chicago Saturday night. She will be away about two weeks. The state XV. C. T. TJ. convention will be held in Glencoe in September. This was de cided at an executive meeting held in Min neapolis yesterday at the home of Mrs. Hen dricks, on Garfield avenue. St. Paul wanted the convention, and the executive commit tee was in favor of St. Paul, but at the meeting yesterday a telegram was received from the Glencoe peoplo which decided the matter. Mrs. Hobart, the president who died recently, had planned to make this state meeting one of especial importance, and had made several suggestions in regard to the details and general outline of the programme. As Glencoe is in her district, it wias thought appropriate the convention should go there, especially when the citizens, one and all, are urging the matter with constantly rising enthusiasm. Miss Mlna Spear, of Hewitt avenue, en tertained the Y. P. S. C. E. of Knox Church at a social Monday evening. Prof. Shaw and Miss Webber were heard in a vocal duet. Miss Verna Cole contributed a vocal solo, and Miss Marsh a piano selection. Follow ing the programme ice cream and cake were served. The Up-to-Date club meets Friday week with Frank Gosling, of 1497 Wlnne street. A dancing and card party will be given in U. C. T. hall, Minneapolis, Friday evening, by the Railway Postal Clerks' association, of the Tenth division. The elder children of the members of the Crocus Hill club will give a dancing party in the club houso this evening. ARRANGE FOR THE MEMORIAL. Friends of the Late Franklyn W. Lee Are Active Memorial Gen eral Committee to Meet To_ta>'. A meeting of the general committee in charge of the Franklyn W. Leo memorial benefit, which will occure at the Metropolitan opera house Friday afternoon, April 22, will be held at room 620 Manhattan building at 4 o'clock this afternoon. The meeting will b» an important one and all members of the committee are requested to be present. Any of Mr. Lee's friends will be welcomed at the meeting, and the advice of all interest ed is asked. The chairman of the finance and ticket committee requests particularly that all members of his committee be present at Many a home has been rendered sad and desolate by the loss of some dear, petted child. This ls a dangerous season for chil dren, and parents should keep Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup handy. J- /O.EW v>y COLLAR t-fSUk Headquarters of the North w e_t. Olobe— 3-30-'__. SIXTH AND ROBERT STREETS, ST. PAUL. OPENING ofSPRING MILLINERY Wednesday, the second day— Yesterday's throng-s and enthusi asm were most flattering-. Of course the feature of the showing- is the collection of Parisian Hats from the world's millinery masters Besides these imported Hats there are the productions from out own work rooms, which we think will bear the most favorable comparison. You are invited to be present. Black and White-White and Black. Wednesday will be devoted to a special display of Black-and- White and White-and-Black Silks. They are very fashionable. Prices— 2oo to $2.25 a yard. Don't buy unless you feel disposed. We are only too triad to have you see the lovely fabrics. Cloak Department. f?r d Tailor Gowns in the latest ideas. Jackets in the 4-button box and fly front, tight fitting and cutaway. Handsome Dress Skirts of Wool and Silken Fabrics. Beautiful new Silk Waists, Fancies and Plain, Black and Colored. We can't say too much for our Laundered Waists. And our "King" Waists are here— made for Mannheimer,.' — can't be had else where in St. Paul. Stylish Silk Mantles and Capes. New Golf Capes, in Shawl and other materials. See our swell Imported Silk Blouses — just here. THE AMERICAN NAVY I_____eUSTß_-_TI_-D IN The St. Paul Globe Portfolio Series NOW READY FOR DELIVERY. Port.oi e |r. R l.n re ? e S. a ._._ f hipS 0f _ t , h^ American Navy are Illustrated and described in Globe series, which ls now ready to be issued to the public by The T____SS_S_f% S * ,r Crui,ers (armored and unarraored), Rams, Monitors, the Dvnamlte Destroyer, the Vesuvius, all are faithfully pictured. Among them are: THE riAINE, Indiana, Raleigh, Dofphln, Vesuviuus, Oregon, Massachu setts, Miantonomah, Atlanta, Katahdin, Charleston, Montgomery, Brooklyn, New York, Chicago, Indiana's Afterdeck 13-Inch Ouns. 0,...£.., W ; VI .•. CUBA.-This Illustrated Portfolio Series contains nine other Portfolios ia audition to the American Navy. 10 Gents Each. $1.00 for the Series. t. rnn.i^=°. _fi°V ?, is < the Haw S iiar ;. whlcr > is now ready for delivery at The Globe office. It contains the following reproductions, with descriptive text: Sanford B. Dole Introduc tion. Harbor °t, olulu . Klng Kalakaua, Queen Llliuokalani, Fort Street, Harbor from the Executive Building, Road Over the Pali Mountains, Royal Palms, Government Build c, g '. -T yal ?? lac !'„ Sea Blrd R°°kery, Gathering Sea Bird Eggs, Pineapple Plantation, burr facene. Street Scene. HOW. WHEN, WHERE GLOBE READERS CAN GET THESE PORTFOLIOS.-Either single numbers or the entire series, as faßt as published. (10 Portfolios in all.) No 1— The American Navy, now ready. No. 2— Hawaii, now ready. No. 3— The American _.£_?_. £..".£ I- r . ady , next week - Nos - 4 - 5 - 6 ' 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 follow in rapid succession. vvatch The Globe closely every day for future announcements. Fill out in a clear hami the annexed coupon and bring (or send) it to The St. Paul Globe witb 10 cents. i._ _ be m , ore convenient to send $1 at the outset, as you can thereby avoid wriing a letter and enclosing a dime for each of the successive issues. They will be sent as fast .? •, J <r ome fron _ tne Presses to any point in the United States" Canada or Mexico. Mail deliveries In this vicinity in from 3 to 4 days. Coupons clipped from Tr.e Globe necessary. No Portfolios will be sold without coupons. No Portfolios will be delivered by mail in St. Paul. Bring coupons to the office. The St. Paul Globe will please send to the undersigned reader h the following PORTFOLIOS: V Nos , as issued, for fc which* $ i. enclosed. Name , < W Street « City State p •Indicate in plain figures the Portfolios wanted and how much money is enclosed One for a Dime. Ten for a Dollar. One Port/o too Week for Ten Weeks for The St. Pan' Olobe Readers. Address Manager Portfolio Series Department, The St. Paul Globe, Newspaper Row, St. Paul, Minn. "KNOWLEDGE IS FOLLY UNLESS PUT TO USE." YOU KNOW SAPOLIO THEN USE IT. the meeting for the tickets will then be dis tributed among those who are to dispose of them. All active newspaper men, including edi tors of weekly papers and magazines, are members of the committee. Secretary cf State Berg and Edward Schroer represent the St. Paul Elks, and the Ma?onic members of the committee are as follows: St. Paul Lodge No. 3, of which Mr. Lee was a mem ber, J. J. Early, J. P. Lawless. Wilbur Tib bills; Capital City lodge. E. D. Trudgeon; Midway lodge W. T. Rich, W. M. Todd; Tri une lodge; J. C. Henry; Shekina lodge, Thomas Yould; Braden lodge, Charles H. Cooper; Summit lodge, A. A. Doolittle; An cient Landmark lodge, J. D. Grant. Thomas Yould also represents the Trades and Labor assembly. A. P. Swanatrom has been selected to rep resent the Order of the Eastern Star, and Aswan Temple, Mystic Shrine, _____ _ PATRIOTISM RAN RAMPANT. Pnrc Food and Health ExpoHltlon nt Market Hall Has a. Very Bis Day. Seldom has Market hall held larger crowds than it held last evening. A patriotic pro gramme has been announced and a per centage of the receipts was to be given towards the erection of a monument for the victims ot the Maine disaster. As early as 7:30 o'clock the Mix Family orchestra struck up "America," and from that time on patriotism ran rampant. There were songs by the Aeolean quartette of ladies oration by Mr. Sharp, of Macalester college, on "Our Flag," W. I. Nolan recited James Whitcomb Riley's poem, "Gcod Bye, Jim, Take Keer on Yourself." chorus of school children sang ratrlotic airs, the boys' kazo band from the John Ericsson school played "Marching Through Georgia," "Columbia," etc. John P. Stock, an ex-officer in the Ger man army, delivered a brief address as to the po.ition of Germany and the German-Ameri cans towards America in the present difficulty with Spain. His speech aruused the greatest enthusiasm. DEATHS. MEAD— In St. Paul. Minn., March 29, 1898, Mrs. Annie E. H. Mead, at her late resi dence, No. 154 Pleasant avenue. Funeral from above residence Thursday afternoon, March 31, at 2:30 o'clock. Winona, Minn., and Wheeling, W. Va., papers please copy. EDMONDSON— In St. Paul, at family resi dence, 436 Thomas street, Tuesday. March 29, at 11:30 a. in., John Thomas Edmondson, aged 13 months. Notice of funeral here after. MADDIGAN— March 29, 1898, in this d_y, at the family residence. 477 East Seventh street, James MadAlgan, aged 64 yeara. Notice of funeral _t.reatter. t_. > White Goods Sale. Another shipment of India Linons at unmatchable prices. It|s possible that the assortment will be badly broken by Thurs day. INDIA LINONS. 9c for the 15c quality, I3c for the 20c quality. I4c for the 22c quality. IBc for the 30c quali.3'. 22c for the 35c quality. 40c is the special Wednesday price for Round Thread Linen, made spe. cially for Shirt Waists— lo pieces of it VITAL STATISTICS. BIRTH.. Mrs. Mack Couehois. 352 Winslow ay Girl Mrs. Swan Lingren. St. Anthony Park Boy Mrs. John Petterson, 91 Phalen Creek Girl Mrs. George O'Brien, 103. Iglehart. .Twin girls Mrs. John Johnson. 904 Marion st Girl Mrs. Charles H. Bigelow Jr., 134 Nina ..t'.irl Mrs. D. H. Michaud. 686 Iglehart st Boy ' Mrs. Walter H. Keating. 393 Striker ay Girl Mrs. Rudolph SundgaArd, 1139 Burr it... .80y Mrs. An tern Larson, 664 Caso Boy Mrs. Nels P. WahlQUlst, 91 E. Magnolia. .Boy Mrs. Michael Nelens, 322 Thirteenth St.... Girl DEATHS. Mrs. Thomas Stockus Davenport. 10. Catherine F. Hensohel. 7.2 Iglehart 5 yrs Clara Woolworth, St. Luke's hospital . .t>s vrs j Mrs. Rosa Burns, city hospital 27 yrs ' Baby June. Good Shepherd's 2 yrs Luciano Lambardo, 51 Phalen Creek 15 mos John Walch, 269 Commercial st 2 yrs Edward Shlkorah, 479 Blair st 7 mos Rudolph Ginsler, 870 June st 4i yrs William Berg, 42 West Delos st 75 yrs AMUSEMENTS. iKmm^MJ r; l^Z T s° CLAY CLEMENT . Pi ices 25, 50 » the J s °t ni TiL NEW DOMINION. THURSDAY, MKD|-U Q4 One Night Only, MJMIWII -J 1 The tuneful opera H. M. S. PINAFORE, Presented by home talent under the direction of MR. HENRY OE LORME. Prices— 2(Sc, 5.0, 75c ami 51. . oat. now ou Bale at bos oilico. GRAND. THE extra CURSE Reliable Cuban nc i>_T__B ETI News Read Be- UF Wll LUb tween the Acts. Matinee Today. Next week— "Gayest Manhattan.'